Manufacture of linoleum.



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Be it known that' we, WILLIAM D; Snow and (DAVID L. Snow-citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Philadelphia', county of Philadelphia, and State of .ennsylvanla, have joint y invented certain Improvements in the Manufacture of Linoleum, of which the following is a specification. 1 Q Our improvements in the manufacture of linoleum are characterized by the composition of oxidized linseed oil, magnesia and asbestos,';used with superior results as to reduction ofthe'various types of the fabric, 'such as plain, inlaid and granulated linoleum. The oxidized oil, 'ma esia and asbestos are I mixed together, with the combination of the rosin, with a com oil and magnesia in greater or lessmcasure,

to form a soap, through which the asbestos In our operations, we have found that a highly satisfactor product is obtained by mixing ettial weig ts of a cement containin' t) 100 parts of oxidized lmsec (by weig I oil-,1 part of kauri gum and li; parts of und containing (by weight) '100parts o magnesia and 18 parts of asbestos. Wehave also found that a highly satisfactory product is obtained from a composition containing, -b weight, 100

parts of the cement-specific 85 parts of -magnes ia,, parts of asbestos, parts of I results compositions containing various other i it? V wood flour, and 50 parts oi'any usual pigment. We have also'used with satisfactory proportions of'oxidized ,oil, magnesia, and

uanurac'runn or LINoLEtm.

p I Specification of Iettcrs l atent. Patented-Feb, 1 1910, Application filed April X3, 1909. Serial No. 489,591.

' asbestos, with and without reduced wood such as wood flour, sawdust and. ground cork.

Fabrics rodnced from these compositions have a ne, glossy,,marble-like finishfare Having described our invention, we claim:

1; In the manufacture of linoleum, the combination of ox dized oil, magnesia and i I V I asbestos.

2. In the manufacture of linoleunnlthe combination of oxidized linseed oiljniag nesia, and asbestos, in the approximate, proportions by weight of 100 parts of oil, 85

parts of magnesia and 15 parts of asbestos.

- 3. In the manufacture of linoleum, the

combination of oxidized linseed oil, mags nesia, asbestos and reduced wood;- 1

4. In the manufacture of linoleum, the combination of oxidized linseed oil, kauri gum, rosin, magnesia, asbestos, wood .flour matter.

5; In the inanuifacture'oflinoleum, the combination of oxldlzcd linseed-oil, kauri gum, resin, magnesia,asbestos', wood flour and coloring matter.-

In witness whereof we have hereunto set o'nr'nanies this 9th day of April, 1909, in the presence of the subscribin witnesses.

WILLI M,D. SNOW DAVID L. SNOW. -W itnesses: 4

IRoBER'r'JAMBs E'Anmr, Jos. G. DENNY, Jr. 

